Republican senator's TV interview passes muster with FCC's Carr even though Democratic candidate's does not
Carr said the equal-time rule applies to broadcast stations and legally qualified candidates, not Cruz’s ESPN appearance, after an FCC warning to ABC over Kimmel.
- On Saturday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr stated that Senator Ted Cruz's appearance on ESPN's "College GameDay" did not violate equal-time rules, clarifying that regulations apply to broadcast stations, not cable programs.
- The agency recently warned ABC regarding Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Democratic candidate James Talarico, prompting Kimmel to move the segment to YouTube to avoid regulatory penalties.
- In January, the Republican-led FCC declared that daytime and late-night talk shows are not "bona fide" news programs exempt from equal-time rules, a policy Cruz criticized regarding Walt Disney's broadcast licenses.
- Cruz, not a candidate in this year's midterm elections, told Punchbowl News, "It is not government's job to censor speech and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police."
- Defending the agency's regulatory role, Carr wrote on Saturday that "Congress wanted to ensure that voters would decide elections, not media gatekeepers picking winners and losers by providing preferential airtime to some candidates and not others.
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Republican senator's TV interview passes muster with FCC's Carr even though Democratic candidate's does not
An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican U.S. senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission's equal-time rule, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said, days after the agency issued a warning to another network about a Democratic political candidate's appearance on a late-night TV program.
Democrats cry ‘equal time’ over Ted Cruz — FCC chair gives them a quick brutal lesson
BS BULLETIN: University of Texas Democrats cried foul after Sen. Ted Cruz appeared on ESPN’s “College GameDay,” contrasting it with ABC’s decision not to broadcast Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says there’s a rather large legal problem with that comparison: ESPN is cable, and the federal equal-opportunities statute applies to broadcast stations. There’s another one: Cruz isn’t…
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